Angela Rayner said “for a teenage mum from a council estate in Stockport” to serve at the highest level of government was “the honour of her life” as she resigned over her tax affairs.
She quit as deputy prime minister, housing, communities and local government secretary as well as Labour Party deputy leader after ethics watchdog Sir Laurie Magnus said she had “acted with integrity and with a dedicated and exemplary commitment to public service” but concluded she breached the ministerial code.
